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Tampon tax (or period tax) is a popular term used to call attention to tampons, and other feminine hygiene products, being subject to value-added tax (VAT) or sales tax, unlike the tax exemption status granted to other products considered basic necessities.
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, one of the co-founders of Period Equity, an advocacy organization that has worked to eliminate state tampon taxes, remembers watching the debate unfold in Idaho.
Rachel Glantzberg, 16, says one of her first high school lessons was learning how to navigate the "whisper network" of students needing a tampon or a pad at school.
One in four U.S. teen have reported missing class due to lack of access to period supplies. Monthlies Project is closing the gap with free products.
William Ball Sutch (27 June 1907 – 28 September 1975) was a New Zealand economist, historian, writer, public servant, and public intellectual. He was suspected of being a Soviet spy and in 1974, he was charged with trying to pass New Zealand Government information to the Soviet Union. He was acquitted, an outcome that has been the subject of ...
On 21 October 2021, New Zealand and United Kingdom signed a free trade agreement eliminating tariffs on 97% of New Zealand exports to the UK including honey, wine, kiwifruit, onions, and most industrial products. In addition, a range of dairy and beef exports will be tariff free after a period of 15 years.
Period products are an expense that many in the U.S. can't afford. Here's how they manage — and what people can do to help.
In the earlier part of the 20th century, 'New Zealand did not have laws against the use of contraception, but there were regulations that stopped people finding out about birth control methods – and sex in general.' [7] The first birth control clinic was opened in Auckland in 1953 by the New Zealand Family Planning Association. [8]